Seal & Stripe: Small Job Winner: Exterior Maintenance Services Overcomes Mother Nature

Feb 11, 2016

When Exterior Maintenance Service was asked to bid a sealcoating & striping job at The Gideon’s International Headquarters in Nashville, TN, the contractor knew the schedule would be tight. All work needed to be done in seven days when 80% of employees were at a convention.

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This specific technique is crucial to filling in divots and gaps in the mat, but it isn't easy to pick up.

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A Virginia crew explains the math, then puts a first-timer back on the roller to see if he can improve.

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A first-timer on a tandem roller makes every mistake, and a Virginia contractor explains the fix: quarter turns instead of full sweeps, and small increments.

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A Virginia crew explains why the same driveway gets compacted three separate times.

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Contractors went head to head on a timed operator course at the Ocean County Construction Career Expo.

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The Ocean County Construction Career Expo filled a minor league ballpark with students and employers. One contractor showed up to connect and left planning to hire.

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Tyler pulled out of college two weeks before move-in and took a heavy equipment class instead. A year into the trade at 19, he says his friends are the jealous ones.

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In today's world, finding the right job is harder than ever, and the argument between going to college or finding a trade is front and center.

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Everyone in construction complains about the labor shortage. Ocean County Vocational Technical School is doing something about it, and it has one ask for the industry.

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Tom Eosso promised to put me to work. He started by putting me in an excavator and timing me.

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I Learned Crack Sealing In A Desert Rainstorm | No Edge Lines Season 3 Episode 4

Desert conditions and extreme temperatures push pavements to their limits, and learning how to repair them is even harder when you're fighting bad weather.

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Out in the wild Pacific Northwest, Editor-in-Chief Brandon Noel got his first tastes of echelon paving, active traffic management, and some goat yoga too!

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